President Richard Nixon had been accused, through the findings of a federal investigation, of being aware of the 17 June 1972 break in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate hotel. The men that were arrested for the break in were determined to be members of the Committee to Re-Elect the President. Over the course of the next two years, evidence would rise through the discovery of the White House recording tapes of how deeply involved the President of the United States was. By July of 1974, the House Judiciary Committee, under Chairman Peter Rodino of New Jersey, had completed its closed investigatory phase and announced public debates and hearings for July 24, 25, 26, 27, 29 and 30. By 27 July 1974, the Committee voted on the first of the three articles of impeachment. The first article of impeachment passed by a vote of 27 to 11 which detailed how Nixon, “engaged personally and through his subordinates… to delay, impede and obstruct the investigation.” Later on 29 July 1974, the Judiciary Committee adopted a second article of impeachment by a vote of 28 to 10 that accused the President of, “violating the constitution rights of citizens and… impairing the due and proper administration of justice.” A third article was voted upon on 30 July 1974 by a vote of 21 to 17 where Nixon was charged with, “defiance of committee subpoenas,” thus impeding the impeachment process. By 8 August 1974, a day after the House voted to permit live radio and television coverage in the House chamber for impeachment debate, President Richard Nixon announced his resignation of the Office of the President.